Boston Medical Center ends policy allowing migrant families to shelter overnight

Community and health workers gather on Boston Common by the Massachusetts State House demanding that state and federal agencies provide greater support to migrants and asylum seekers.  (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Medical Center is ending a policy that has allowed dozens of homeless families, mostly newly arrived migrants, to stay overnight in the hospital on many nights over the past year. The hospital now prevents families from seeking refuge there unless they need medical treatment. Instead, the hospital reroutes them to other facilities after a … Read more